Ride 09 · Red Rock Backcountry · intermediate · all rides

Toll Free

Sneak up Red Rock Summit from the Lovell Canyon side: no fee, no reservation, same view.

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7miles

1,260ft climb

6,486ft high point

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singletrack 0% dirt road 85% pavement 15%

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Getting there

Park at Lovell Canyon pullout

Dispersed pullout (FR 25924) off Lovell Canyon Road, about 7 miles north of NV-160 and half a mile south of the Rocky Gap turnoff, Spring Mountains NRA

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Start and finish are the same spot. Follow the cue sheet and the arrows on the map.

Cue sheet

0.0	Lovell Canyon Roadpavement	0.5 mi
0.5	Rocky Gap Roaddirt road via Rocky Gap turnoff · Red Rock Summit	5.9 mi
6.5	Lovell Canyon Roadpavement	0.5 mi
7.0	Back at Lovell Canyon pullout

Know before you go

Half a mile of quiet paved Lovell Canyon Road, then straight up the west side of Rocky Gap Road. Short, but steep and rough.
The west side has a washed-out boulder section that stops most jeeps. Expect to walk your bike through it both ways.
Same legality as Gap Grind: open Forest Service and BLM road through a corridor between two wildernesses. Ride the road only.
No Red Rock fee or timed entry from this side. Turn around at the summit unless you have a shuttle; the far side drops into the fee area.

Ride smart

Water: plan on about 1 L for this ride. There's none on the trail.
Signal is spotty. Tell someone your route and your time back.
Emergency: call 911 and say "Toll Free ride, parked at Lovell Canyon pullout, Red Rock Backcountry", plus the coordinates from Locate me.
Wildlife: give horses, burros and anything with horns room, and never feed them.
Stay on trail. Desert crust and mountain soil take decades to heal.

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Trail photos

**Red Rock Canyon, Nevada [10]** Photo: Exothermic, CC BY

**Red Rock Canyon Nevada** Photo: Exothermic, CC BY

**Joshua Trees, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada** Photo: tsaiproject, CC BY

**Red Rock Canyon, Nevada [05]** Photo: Exothermic, CC BY